Flak Claims

[Steve49]

I'm trying to discover the document that lists Luftwaffe flak claims for the 19th August 1942.

I believe they are contained in the category 'RL40' at Bundesarchiv, but using the Invenio search engine I've not been able locate it.

Any ideas what name I should try searching with?

Regards,

Steve

[ju55dk]

You have to look at RL 5.
Junker

[Steve49]

Originally Posted by ju55dk

You have to look at RL 5.
Junker

Cheers, that would explain why I couldn't find anything in RL40!

Regards,

Steve

[Carsten Petersen]

Hi Steve
Flak claims - where ? France or Germany ?
Carsten

[Larry deZeng]

Originally Posted by Carsten Petersen

Hi Steve
Flak claims - where ? France or Germany ?
Carsten

19 Aug 42 was the date of the Dieppe Raid on the Channel coast, so this may be what he is talking about. The RAF lost 106 aircraft (at least 32 to anti-aircraft fire or accidents) against 48 German losses.

L.

[Steve49]

Originally Posted by Carsten Petersen

Hi Steve
Flak claims - where ? France or Germany ?
Carsten

Hi Carsten,

I am looking for claims made by Flakuntergruppe Dieppe in response to the Dieppe raid. By my reckoning the Allied forces had 36 aircraft shot down by ground fire, so I was hoping to find some details of claims made by the German defenders.

As far as I can see the units involved were;

schwere Flak-Abteilung 345
leichte Flak-Abteilung 81(mot)
leichte Flak-Abteilung 690 (v)
leichte Flak-Abteilung 732 (v)

Sadly looking through the Bundesarchiv search function I can't see any reports from these units for this date, so I guess the documents I was hoping to find are lost.

Regards,

Steve

[Steve Coates]

In terms of other files which may yield something for you, from a quick search it looks like it might be worth thinking about:

RL 20/106
RL 20/166
RL 7-3/596
RL 10/649
RL 13/21
RL 24/140
RM 7/1756 - 1760

[Steve49]

Originally Posted by Steve Coates

In terms of other files which may yield something for you, from a quick search it looks like it might be worth thinking about:

RL 20/106
RL 20/166
RL 7-3/596
RL 10/649
RL 13/21
RL 24/140
RM 7/1756 - 1760

Cheers Steve,

I'd tried looking for the individual units, sadly the only documents I could find for any of them was from 1944.

Regards,

Steve

[Steve Coates]

All of these have something from 1942. Unfortunately, it's impossible to say exactly what but that's the thrill of the chase.

[Steve49]

Originally Posted by Steve Coates

All of these have something from 1942. Unfortunately, it's impossible to say exactly what but that's the thrill of the chase.

Cheers,

I'll look again.

Regards,

Steve